This blog embodies NACCHO’s mission to empower local health departments and drive positive change.
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of...
Oct 15, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Education is the first step to understanding the social determinants of health and making on impact on health outcomes. Our team...
Sep 26, 2018 | Alyson Jordan
Navajo County is in the process of capturing an equitable assessment of our community’s health needs. To assist us in the development...
By Marilyn Gisser, Washington State Department of Health It takes a tireless dedication to help your community thrive and to assist...
Sep 25, 2018 | NacchoVoice
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA)...
Sep 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
By Tomei Kuehl, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Colorado is one of five Centers for Disease Control and...
Sep 21, 2018 | NacchoVoice
The Center for Creative Leadership, with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), is seeking applicants for the next class...
Sep 04, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
This blog post from the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School reviews recent research from five states on health in all policies...
Aug 29, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
The Democracy Collaborative released a new report called Community Control of Land and Housing. Here is a summary of the report from...
Aug 21, 2018 | Michelle Shapiro
This press release was originally posted on the Sexual Health Youth Advocacy Coalition website. Advocates call widespread lack of sexual health care, despite high rates of STIs and sexual abuse, an ethical and public health failure New York, NY (October 15, 2018) — In October 2017, leading organizations working on juvenile justice, adolescent sexual health policy, […]
Education is the first step to understanding the social determinants of health and making on impact on health outcomes. Our team developed a presentation to take to professionals and key stakeholders in our community to demonstrate and provide tools to identify and subsequently address the social determinants of health.
Navajo County is in the process of capturing an equitable assessment of our community’s health needs. To assist us in the development of a cohesive, county wide Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), we have partnered with many agencies, organizations and community members, within and outside of the health care industry. Our goal is to accurately reflect the health needs and gaps in the...
By Marilyn Gisser, Washington State Department of Health It takes a tireless dedication to help your community thrive and to assist those who struggle with health or social challenges. Often the work occurs in isolation and with limited feedback. Washington State received an overwhelming response when it offered to bring together individuals from across the state to […]
By: Judi Jennings, Special Project Director, Louisville, KY The Special Project recently completed a health impact assessment (HIA) demonstrating how public health leaders, artists and criminal justice reformers can work together to assess how parental incarceration harms children’s health. The HIA and health equity framework proved to be important tools for proposed policy change; art and...
By Tomei Kuehl, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Colorado is one of five Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Essentials for Childhood recipients and chose to focus on employer engagement as one a strategy to address child abuse and neglect prevention and promote safe, stable, nurturing relationships and environments for all children. The Colorado […]
The Center for Creative Leadership, with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF), is seeking applicants for the next class of the WKKF Community Leadership Network – an innovative fellowship program for local leaders to connect, grow and lead transformational change on behalf of children, families and communities. I’m reaching out to organizations I […]
This blog post from the Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School reviews recent research from five states on health in all policies (HiAP) and health equity programs, looking at how HiAP efforts are developed, structured, and implemented, as well as the intersection of those efforts with public health law. Read the blog post here. The […]
The Democracy Collaborative released a new report called Community Control of Land and Housing. Here is a summary of the report from the Democracy Collaborative: A historical legacy of displacement and exclusion, firmly rooted in racism and discriminatory public policy, has fundamentally restricted access to land and housing and shaped ownership dynamics, particularly for people […]
Create an account or login to MyNACCHO and go to "My Subscriptions."
Calendar
Andrea Grenadier will share examples of LHD-related success stories and highlight tools and resources you can use to support your communications work.
Register
A Call to build connection across the LHO community, ensure timely updates, and allow for discussion with federal partners on a regular basis.
A Model Aquatic Health Code Network webinar featuring Columbus Public Health.
Gain a deeper understanding of the core concepts of health equity and how to incorporate equity into everyday practices.
PHI*con is a conference focusing on Public Health Informatics, Surveillance, and IT. It will be held July 22-23, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.
The largest convening of local health department leaders and public health professionals in the United States.
Registration is now open for NACCHO’s (MAPP) 2.0 training series.
May 09, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
Join your fellow public health professionals for a Town Hall-style Focus Group at the 2024 Preparedness Summit to explore what can be...
Mar 08, 2024
NACCHO, in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association, is thrilled to launch the new guide: Integrating Brain Health into Health...
Mar 01, 2024 | Andrea Grenadier
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), released a funding opportunity for The Improving...
Feb 12, 2024 | Tori Decea
The EPA's Small Communities, Big Challenges Competition encourages local governments to demonstrate their innovative strategies, from...
Nov 16, 2023 | Anu Varma
Join NACCHO and our Platinum Affiliate Business Partner, Novavax, on November 2nd at 2:00 PM ET to learn more about the newly FDA...
Oct 16, 2023
Check out all the NACCHO blogs.
Stories from the Field provides a means for local health departments to share their experiences and demonstrate the value of public health.
The Preparedness Brief provides updates and information from NACCHO’s public health preparedness portfolio.
The Essential Elements of Local Public Health provides updates and information from NACCHO’s Environmental Health and Infectious Disease portfolios.
The NACCHO website uses cookies to offer our visitors a better browsing experience, to analyze our website traffic, and to present personalized content; cookies are small data files that are attached to your computer when you visit websites. You can read about how we use cookies by clicking on the "details" button below. If you continue to use this website, you are consenting to our use of cookies.